A tea boat is essentially a fancy saucer for gongfu cha

This was my 20th firing in my little wood/soda kiln! A huge milestone and hopefully we have many more firings to come.

This firing was a bit unique in the sense that I only had 2 pieces of porcelain in it. 99% of the clay was either a back stoneware (378 from standard) or a mixture of 7 different clay bodies. For those interested here they are

Sheffield:
Schoolhouse white
Architectural clay
T1
T3
Porcelain
Raku clay

Standard:
378

What was also rather unique was that I wedged in roughly 20% silica sand to this massive collection of clay which allowed for some beautiful pitting to occur.

I also want to talk about my thought process moving forward when it comes to making and firing kilns. I, for many years, have made as much as I could fit into each firing. I would have between 2-3 firings 8 weeks or so and I was starting to see a larger and larger reject pile after each firing. What I am trying now is to be much more conscious of the work before it even makes it into the bisque so I am taking more time in my studio but creating significantly less work. This also means I am firing the kilns less often.

That being said, I've used this ideology for the last two firings and I have found a massive decrease in “reject’ work and I am overall much happier with the body of work.

If you have any questions about the work, the kilns, the glazes… whatever it may be. Do not hesitate to ask!

Pour slowly

Rough Size measured in widest spots:
8x4.25x4.25